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Burnt Rice?!
[He bursts out laughing, pulling the phone away from his face so he can be a bit obnoxious without blasting Levi's ear off.]
That's an amazing name. I love it. Who named them?
Plankton is uh...
[What is plankton? We just don't know--]
It's a type of micro-organism. Really, really small sea bugs, I guess? They feed on the dead stuff in the ocean, and then fish eat them, and bigger fish eat those fish, until you're up to like... A shark at the top of the food chain.
[That's what he can vaguely remember of his science classes in school- what little there were of them in between all the training for the games.]
[He bursts out laughing, pulling the phone away from his face so he can be a bit obnoxious without blasting Levi's ear off.]
That's an amazing name. I love it. Who named them?
Plankton is uh...
[What is plankton? We just don't know--]
It's a type of micro-organism. Really, really small sea bugs, I guess? They feed on the dead stuff in the ocean, and then fish eat them, and bigger fish eat those fish, until you're up to like... A shark at the top of the food chain.
[That's what he can vaguely remember of his science classes in school- what little there were of them in between all the training for the games.]
[It's all he can ask.
[After everything that's happened, that will happen - things they've lived but haven't - will, but not with this knowledge that's shared between them now - all Eren could ever ask is for Levi to know what he knows he'll never say once they're standing back in the place where they started.
[Levi is loved. Eren can feel hot tears on his scalp. Eren is believed. It's enough.
[The grip is loosened, but Eren dare not move away first. He never dreamed of, not seeing, but hearing - knowing - Captain Levi in a state like this; he'll let him have it. He'll sit there all night, all week, for the rest of his life - he doesn't care.]
[After everything that's happened, that will happen - things they've lived but haven't - will, but not with this knowledge that's shared between them now - all Eren could ever ask is for Levi to know what he knows he'll never say once they're standing back in the place where they started.
[Levi is loved. Eren can feel hot tears on his scalp. Eren is believed. It's enough.
[The grip is loosened, but Eren dare not move away first. He never dreamed of, not seeing, but hearing - knowing - Captain Levi in a state like this; he'll let him have it. He'll sit there all night, all week, for the rest of his life - he doesn't care.]
Erwin has certainly taken note of how Levi will occasionally instigate a handjob during poetry recitation, and has been choosing the poems he recites with more care. It's still a good blend of poems both horny and not, but the ratio of more sexually charmed poetry has definitely increased. He tended to avoid it before, feeling it would be too pushy towards Levi. Now, though, there's definitely been an uptick.
It takes Erwin a few moments to come back to himself, breathing heavily and riding out the aftershocks. When his heartbeat has slowed down a little, he opens his eyes and looks down at Levi. His dark hair is pushed back from his face, and he looks oddly vulnerable and small, not at all like the extremely competent man Erwin knows he is. He shifts his hand and uses his thumb to brush the blob of semen off Levi's cheek, then gently cups his face in his palm.
Erwin smiles at Levi's compliment. He doesn't see it himself, but he'll trust Levi's judgment. "Thank you." He takes his hand off Levi's face and offers it to him, to help him to his feet so Erwin can hold him close and let the water sluice over them.
It takes Erwin a few moments to come back to himself, breathing heavily and riding out the aftershocks. When his heartbeat has slowed down a little, he opens his eyes and looks down at Levi. His dark hair is pushed back from his face, and he looks oddly vulnerable and small, not at all like the extremely competent man Erwin knows he is. He shifts his hand and uses his thumb to brush the blob of semen off Levi's cheek, then gently cups his face in his palm.
Erwin smiles at Levi's compliment. He doesn't see it himself, but he'll trust Levi's judgment. "Thank you." He takes his hand off Levi's face and offers it to him, to help him to his feet so Erwin can hold him close and let the water sluice over them.
My fault, I guess. [ He sounds a little grumbly about it. ] Called her that a couple times and then Erwin became convinced she wouldn't listen to anything else.
[ there's a little pause as he processes that new information, not entirely sure how he feels about it. Bugs in the air was one thing, but in the water?? That eat dead things? Levi's wrinkling his nose a bit on the other end, but he can at least recognize the concept of a food chain. Hange's ramblings were often along some kind of similar topics - although mostly to do with trying to figure out how Titans worked. ]
Sea bugs...right. What other kind of weird shit is hiding out there?
[ Alas documentaries probably don't exist in this world, someone really should just sit him down with a bunch of them. ]
[ there's a little pause as he processes that new information, not entirely sure how he feels about it. Bugs in the air was one thing, but in the water?? That eat dead things? Levi's wrinkling his nose a bit on the other end, but he can at least recognize the concept of a food chain. Hange's ramblings were often along some kind of similar topics - although mostly to do with trying to figure out how Titans worked. ]
Sea bugs...right. What other kind of weird shit is hiding out there?
[ Alas documentaries probably don't exist in this world, someone really should just sit him down with a bunch of them. ]
If I ever get a pet, you're naming it.
[He'd like a dog. He really enjoys Sky's dogs.]
Oh, so much weird shit, Levi. So much. 90% of the ocean was unexplored, 90% of the species undiscovered and unidentified. And the deep sea shit we did know about was really creepy. Fish that could survive in incredible darkness under the immense weight and pressure of a mile of water above them.... They aren't pretty.
[He'd like a dog. He really enjoys Sky's dogs.]
Oh, so much weird shit, Levi. So much. 90% of the ocean was unexplored, 90% of the species undiscovered and unidentified. And the deep sea shit we did know about was really creepy. Fish that could survive in incredible darkness under the immense weight and pressure of a mile of water above them.... They aren't pretty.
You people need to name your own animals.
[ Have you heard what he named his horse yet Finnick. ]
My imagination's running fucking wild. [ dryly. so dry. get this man some -- water. ]
Gross. Guess it's a good thing I can't swim, don't have to worry about finding one of those things trying to gnaw my ankles off.
[ Have you heard what he named his horse yet Finnick. ]
My imagination's running fucking wild. [ dryly. so dry. get this man some -- water. ]
Gross. Guess it's a good thing I can't swim, don't have to worry about finding one of those things trying to gnaw my ankles off.
Okay but I want to at least HEAR what you'd name it.
[He has not heard what the horse's name is but please tell him.
A small giggle at his dryness.]
I think sea creatures should be more afraid of encountering you, Levi. Shame you can't swim though... I can't siren-lure you into skinny-dipping with me.
[Levi's one person he doesn't think that would work on even if he could swim. Wait, why the fuck did he just say that?]
[He has not heard what the horse's name is but please tell him.
A small giggle at his dryness.]
I think sea creatures should be more afraid of encountering you, Levi. Shame you can't swim though... I can't siren-lure you into skinny-dipping with me.
[Levi's one person he doesn't think that would work on even if he could swim. Wait, why the fuck did he just say that?]
[ There's just a grumpy, noncommittal grunt from the other end. As for the horse's name - you'll just have to ask, Finnick!
He does snort then, much like a horse. ]
No fuckin chance with all those sea-bugs in there anyway.
[ That's not a 'no' to skinny dipping in general though- communal bathing was probably a thing in the Survey Corps at the very least. ]
He does snort then, much like a horse. ]
No fuckin chance with all those sea-bugs in there anyway.
[ That's not a 'no' to skinny dipping in general though- communal bathing was probably a thing in the Survey Corps at the very least. ]
[ there's a bit of silence, Levi hesitates a bit before continuing thoughtfully. ]
...maybe. I...
[ a soft breath, exhaling. ]
I'll think about it.
[ it's not as though he's putting Finnick off - because if he didn't want it, he'd just say so. There's something about the thought of being in such deep water that puts an uncomfortable itch in his brain. ]
...maybe. I...
[ a soft breath, exhaling. ]
I'll think about it.
[ it's not as though he's putting Finnick off - because if he didn't want it, he'd just say so. There's something about the thought of being in such deep water that puts an uncomfortable itch in his brain. ]
[He opens his mouth, breathes in, then pauses before speaking.]
No pressure. I know it's not for everyone.
[Everyone's got a different experience of the ocean, different skill levels and comfort with swimming and being in water. He's not so myopic as to think everyone will love it or should love it the way he does.]
No pressure. I know it's not for everyone.
[Everyone's got a different experience of the ocean, different skill levels and comfort with swimming and being in water. He's not so myopic as to think everyone will love it or should love it the way he does.]
S'pose it would be smart to learn. Never know when Vaeros might suddenly decide to flood the place just because he heard a sorry bastard can't swim.
[ There's really no telling with that guy. ]
...there's hot springs, though.
[ There's really no telling with that guy. ]
...there's hot springs, though.
Edited (confirmed existence of hot springs) 2024-08-03 19:39 (UTC)
[ It doesn't last long - his sharpest grief rarely does. It's the quick stab of a knife, blade into his chest, acute, horrid pain. The rest will linger, forever a wound, rarely a scar.
Levi lifts his head, sniffing hard, because he's not about to get snot in Eren's hair (truly he has no problem with crying as a show of emotion, but the physical act of it is so often messy and gross). He shifts one arm to find the handkerchief in his pocket, but doesn't pull away from Eren yet. A word or two of fuck and gross gets muttered under his breath as he cleans up his own face carefully, then exhales.
When he finally does start to shift backward, raw around the edges, Levi drags a few fingertips through Eren's hair, combing it back into place. He sighs, looking down at the teen where he sits, corners of his eyes tinted red. Perhaps moreso than ever before now, he looks...tired. Worn.
So many hours and moments spent wrapped up in anxiety and worry, he finally just asks: ]
What do you need from me, Eren?
Levi lifts his head, sniffing hard, because he's not about to get snot in Eren's hair (truly he has no problem with crying as a show of emotion, but the physical act of it is so often messy and gross). He shifts one arm to find the handkerchief in his pocket, but doesn't pull away from Eren yet. A word or two of fuck and gross gets muttered under his breath as he cleans up his own face carefully, then exhales.
When he finally does start to shift backward, raw around the edges, Levi drags a few fingertips through Eren's hair, combing it back into place. He sighs, looking down at the teen where he sits, corners of his eyes tinted red. Perhaps moreso than ever before now, he looks...tired. Worn.
So many hours and moments spent wrapped up in anxiety and worry, he finally just asks: ]
What do you need from me, Eren?
Oh... That's actually a good point, yeah. You never know when you might need to swim to survive.
Hot springs? Oh, that sounds amazing. That sounds like a safe place to learn, too. You can't learn in the ocean, it's too dangerous with the surf, and I hear there's weird shit in the lake.
Hot springs? Oh, that sounds amazing. That sounds like a safe place to learn, too. You can't learn in the ocean, it's too dangerous with the surf, and I hear there's weird shit in the lake.
Wasn't that necessary before really. [ Although cadets probably did learn during training. Levi didn't go through any of that, and there were no bodies of water in the underground to learn in. ]
There is weird shit in the lake. Monsters, scary looking mermaids. Shit might actually try to eat you even when you're not a corpse.
[ Pause ]
But yeah...good place to relax, too.
[ The hot springs. You know. ]
There is weird shit in the lake. Monsters, scary looking mermaids. Shit might actually try to eat you even when you're not a corpse.
[ Pause ]
But yeah...good place to relax, too.
[ The hot springs. You know. ]
Damn. If there are sirens, I should really stay away from there. I'd be easy prey for a siren.
[He's long thought that if sirens were real he'd absolutely fall for it.]
Yeah, it sounds like it. I'd love to go with you.
[Two bros, chillin in a hot spring--]
[He's long thought that if sirens were real he'd absolutely fall for it.]
Yeah, it sounds like it. I'd love to go with you.
[Two bros, chillin in a hot spring--]
[Finnick smiles like an idiot at that, throwing his arm over his own face.]
Oh- A siren is a mermaid that sings an alluring song. Sailors follow the song, and go toward the beautiful mermaid, and then she drowns them and/or eats them. At least, that's what legends say. In my world, they're not real, but who knows about this place.
Oh- A siren is a mermaid that sings an alluring song. Sailors follow the song, and go toward the beautiful mermaid, and then she drowns them and/or eats them. At least, that's what legends say. In my world, they're not real, but who knows about this place.
Hmm.
[ He's lying back, slouched and sprawled on the couch. His feet don't quite reach the opposite end, but his toes are curling a bit, and flexing again. Even though Finnick is talking gruesome death (nothing he's not really heard before, really), he does have a nice voice to listen to. ]
Thought I heard something about the ones here being nasty. Might wanna steer clear, just in case. Can't jump in to get you if they start taking bites outta your ass underwater.
[ He's lying back, slouched and sprawled on the couch. His feet don't quite reach the opposite end, but his toes are curling a bit, and flexing again. Even though Finnick is talking gruesome death (nothing he's not really heard before, really), he does have a nice voice to listen to. ]
Thought I heard something about the ones here being nasty. Might wanna steer clear, just in case. Can't jump in to get you if they start taking bites outta your ass underwater.
[Finnick laughs, a breathy sound. Even over the phone, he can feel a little bit of... Something. Some kind of tension between them, but a good kind.]
I don't mind my ass eaten, but not quite so literally. I'll try to steer clear. But it sucks, because the gelflings and goblins actually have a fishing operation on the lake, which I was thinking about getting into...
I don't mind my ass eaten, but not quite so literally. I'll try to steer clear. But it sucks, because the gelflings and goblins actually have a fishing operation on the lake, which I was thinking about getting into...
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